Crossed Swords

 

Written by Olivia Jayne Newton

Directed by Olivia Jayne Newton and Daniel Wilmot

Produced in association with Baron Productions

 

Upstage Centre Theatre, 41 Monkgate

8th-12th July

 

In support of York Mind

 

CAST:

Mary Read - Natalie-Claire Brimicombe

Anne Bonny - Olivia Jayne Newton

Calico Jack Rackham - Daniel Wilmot

Governor Woodes Rogers - John Morgan

Captain Jonathan Barnet - Lee Gemmell

James Bonny - James Tyler

Sam Kendrick - Richard Thirlwall

Henry Smythe - Samuel Valentine

Wenches - BethanyAnne Louise & Chloe Anderson

Cabin Boy - Jools Morgan

 

"The cast do an excellent job in using their various different talents to create a performance that builds on the famous aspects of the golden age of piracy we all know through various adaptations. What is more engaging, however, is the focus on the underrepresented women of this age through the dramatisation of Anne Bonny and Mary Read's story and its powerful ending." - YORK PRESS